Six NSW road deaths in horror start

Six deaths on NSW roads within hours have meant a tragic start to Operation
Slowdown, the October long-weekend traffic campaign by NSW police.
Four people were killed in a crash involving a car and semi-trailer on the Bells
Lines of Road at Bilpin about 8pm (AEST) on Friday.
An extended family of five was travelling in a Ford Falcon when the driver lost
control as she overtook another vehicle and collided with the semi.
A 23-year-old Bidwill woman, a 28-year-old woman believed to be from western Sydney
and her two-year-old daughter died at the scene.
Another daughter, aged eight, was airlifted to Westmead Children's Hospital but died
in the early hours of Saturday.
The driver, a 20-year-old woman from Blayney, in the central west of NSW, remains in
a critical condition in Westmead Hospital.
Senior Sergeant Peter Jenkins, commander of the crash investigation unit, was among
emergency services workers called to the scene at Bilpin.
"Here we have a family that has been totally obliterated - the extended family will
never get over this tragedy," senior sergeant Jenkins.
"And let's think about the people who came across it, who had to see what we have
seen last night.
"And the poor driver, the 40-year-old male driver, driving his truck, his
livelihood, has now got that to contend with."
About three hours after the crash, a 48-year-old truck driver from Queensland died
when his B-double hit an embankment on the Pacific Highway north of Coffs Harbour.
Just before 5am on Saturday, two factory workers discovered the body of a man in the
driver's seat of a wrecked ute at Narellan, in Sydney's west.
Police are investigating the death of the St Andrews man, who was killed after his
Toyota collided with a Holden utility, believed stolen, in Campbell Street, near the
intersection of Kirkham Street.
The driver of the Holden fled the scene.
Police are pleading with motorists to focus on their driving.
"Horrific crashes like these have a wide-ranging impact, an impact which continues
for years," assistant commissioner John Hartley said.
"All it takes is a little time, a little patience and common sense in taking regular
rest breaks."
In addition to the fatal crashes, two boys are in a critical condition after a car
in which they were passengers was in a collision at Horsley Park.
Just after 10.50am on Saturday two cars travelling in the opposite direction
collided on Ferrers Road.
The southbound vehicle was carrying a man and three boys, aged six, nine and 10.
The two younger boys have been taken to The Children's Hospital, Westmead, in a
critical condition.
The northbound vehicle was carrying a man and a woman who were trapped in the
vehicle for some time.
They have since been released and taken to Westmead Hospital.